Introverts on the job win in the end, study shows

9:36 AM,
Apr. 25, 2013

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Extroverts aren't the most successful in the long run at work; instead, the quiet, neurotic, introverted employees who often fret about what others think of them come out on top, according to a new study.

While extroverts may make great first impressions with their outgoing manner and lively personalities, that "value and reputation at work diminish over time," says Corinne Bendersky, an associate professor of management at the University of California-Los Angeles who researched the subject with Neha Parikh Shah of Rutgers University.